regional history

history of israel




Timeline of Events
YearMonthDayEvent
1909 Apr 11 The City Of Tel Aviv Is Founded
1949 Jan 19 Cuba Recognizes Israel
1949 Feb 14 Israeli Parliament ""Knesset"" Assembles For First Meeting
1949 Feb 17 Weizmann Begins Term As Israeli President
1949 May 11 Israel Joins The United Nations
1949 Jul 20 Israel And Syria Sign Truce Ending War
1949 Dec 13 Knesset Votes For The Capital Of Israel
1953 Feb 11 Soviets Sever Diplomatic Relations With Israelis
1955 Feb 13 Israel Has Four Of Seven Dead Sea Scrolls
1957 Jan 22 Israel Withdraws From The Sinai Peninsula
1962 May 31 Adolf Eichmann Is Hanged In Israel
1967 May 24 Egypt Blockades And Seizes Israel Coast
1967 Jun 07 Israeli Soldiers Enter Jerusalem
1967 Jun 10 Israel And Syria To Cease-fire
1967 Jun 28 Israel Annexes East Jerusalem
1968 Feb 11 Israeli–Jordanian Border Clashes Rage
1969 Mar 17 Golda Meir 1st Female Prime Minister Of Israel
1973 Oct 06 Egypt And Syria Attack Israel
1973 Oct 24 The Yom Kippur War Ends
1980 Jul 30 Israel's Knesset Passes The Jerusalem Law
1983 Sep 15 Israeli Premier Menachem Begin Resigns
1991 May 24 Ethiopian Jews Evacuated To Israel
1993 Sep 09 PLO Officially Recognizes Isreael
1994 Jun 15 Israel And Vatican City Establish Relations
1994 Oct 26 Jordan And Israel Sign A Peace Treaty
1995 Dec 21 Bethlehem Passes From Israelis To Palestinians
1999 Jan 03 Israel Questions 14 From Concerned Christians
2000 Mar 21 Pope John Paul II - 1st Israel Visit
2005 Mar 16 Israel Hands Jericho To Palestinians
2008 Dec 27 Israel Launches Operation Cast Lead In Gaza
2009 Jan 06 Israel Assault On The Gaza Strip